Job Overview

Job Type

Full Time

Pay

$70–$80/hour

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Job description

Salary:: USD 70 - 80 per hour
Location:: Germany
Work arrangement:: Remote

Role Summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Design Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$80/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities

Construct scenarios spanning rapid prototyping, design system development, and cross-functional product-design-engineering collaboration.

Build tasks across AI-assisted application development , natural-language-to-code workflows, and rapid prototyping ( Vibecoding ); and UX/UI design , design systems, and component libraries.

Develop scenarios using tools such as AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Replit) and Figma , prototyping tools (Framer), and design systems tooling.

Apply subdomain-specific methodologies like iterative prompt-driven development for Vibecoding and human-centered design principles for Design .

Author rubrics that distinguish authentic senior-level product judgment from generic tutorial-level work.

Requirements

5+ years working as a product designer, design lead, or AI-native engineer/vibecoder at a major product- or design-forward company.
Direct ownership of product design systems or AI-assisted development workflows shipped to production.
Fluency in vibecoding or design tooling, plus understanding of user-centered design principles and rapid prototyping practices.